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Originally Posted by Britster  I agree.
I've seen some Yorkies for adoption for ridiculous prices on petfinder.com.
EVERY shelter in my area has dogs available for adoption and they all under $350.
It is very easy to take care of shots, neutering/spaying, etc at a cheap price, especially if you are a shelter or rescue organization. The spay clinic where Jackson got neutered was $65 for dogs under 45 pounds and they give even bigger discounts to the rescues. The rabies vaccine was only $7 there.
I understand they need to make their money back and then a little bit more... but you should know getting into rescuing that you may very well LOSE money and you shouldn't be in it for the money, but for finding these animals homes.
It's not that people are not capable of paying $850-$1000 for a dog... but when you're RESCUING and adopting a dog, you shouldn't have to pay that much. You're getting a dog that you don't know it's history most of the time, could have a lot of behavioral issues, need a lot of house breaking and socialization, etc. Not all the time, but a lot of times rescue dogs are like that. I'm capable of buying a dog for $1500 but why do that if I can get a dog exactly the same and healthy for $400? Just because I don't want to pay that much for the dog itself does not mean that I can't afford to care for a dog and it's emergencies.
Now, I don't like when people ask for "free" or "cheap" dogs on Craigslist, etc, because then yes... if you can't afford that, then you probably can't afford a dog, and it could be being placed in a terrible home because the person just wanted a dog for free, etc. But with a rescue, they usually thoroughly look into the adoptive homes and make sure they are a right fit... so a cheap fee is acceptable.
Also, most rescues are 501(c)3 foundations, which means they are tax deductible, and can hold fundraisers, take donations, to make money for the animals. |
thanks you said everything i was thinking
there are alot of breeds that dont cost 800.00 and people are able to properly care for them their entire life span. so i dont think that was a fair remark. to say if you cant afford 800.00 then you cant afford to care for it. because its just not true.
i think the yorkie rescues are great but i also think they might take adavange of people asking that high of a price because they are yorkies. yes it cost to run the rescue, unless its a extremely ill dog or senior dog it shouldnt cost them more then 200.00 to ready them for adoption...rescue's get great deals on spay/neutre...you are looking at 40.00 tops, vaccinations 5.00 (they do them their selves alot of times, and i have worked for rescues so i know they do that. dewormers 5-10.00......exam was probably free or at low cost because they use their vet so frequently...now if they had a major medical condition that the rescue cared for and paid for i can understand a 500.00 adopt fee to try and recoup the money but they should also make execptions on that fee if a GREAT home comes available and the person is short say 100.00 bucks